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SOUTH DAKOTA-William Lardner, Deadwood: Frank G. Bohri, Clark; H. P.
Smith, Madison.

TENNESSEE-J. H. McDowell, Union City; J. P. Buchanan, Wayside.
TEXAS-Harry Tracy, Wright; S. C. Granbery, Austin; J. B. Webb, Abilene.
UTAH-S. S. Smith, Ogden; L. E. Hall, Salt Lake City; Henry W. Lawrence,
Salt Lake City.

VERMONT-A. J. Beebee, Swanton; A. T. Way, Burlington; C. S. Lewis, South

Reading.

VIRGINIA-J. W. McGavick, Graham Forge; G. W. B. Hale, Rocky Mount; James G. Field, Orange Court House.

WASHINGTON-E. W. Way, Seattle; Augustus High, F. S. Merrill.

WEST VIRGINIA-Nat. W. Fitzgerald, Charleston; Z. Cochran, Grafton; Isaac H.
Offner, Barnum.

WISCONSIN-Robert Schilling, Milwaukee; A. A. Worsley, Sylvania; William
Monroe, West Superior.
WYOMING D. W. Elliott, Cheyenne; J. S. Bartlett, Cheyenne.

POPULIST (Middle of the Road).

NATIONAL COMMITTEE Chairman, Jo A. Parker, Louisville, Ky.; secretary, James E. McBride, Grand Rapids, Mich.; treasurer, Milton Park, Dallas, Tex.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-George L. Spence, Parkersburg, W. Va.; W. L. Peek, Conyers, Ga.; C. M. Walter, Indianapolis, Ind.; Haldor E. Boen, Fergus Falls, Minn.; J. K. Sears, McCoy, Ore.; A. W. Fawkner, Omaha, Neb.

STATE AND TERRITORIAL COMMITTEES.

ALABAMA-K. S. Woodruff, Ashville; M. W. Howard, Fort Payne; G. B. Crowe,
Birmingham.

ARKANSAS-A. W. Files, Little Rock; W. S. Morgan, Hardy; J. Scanlan, Bee Branch,
CALIFORNIA-D. P. Rice, Occidental; Rolf Shetterby, Spencerville; Melvin Snow,
Summerland.

COLORADO-Ex-Governor Davis H. Waite, Aspen; Mrs. H. E. McCouseland, Aspen;
Judge Quitman Brown, Yuma.

DELAWARE-Arthur P. Dodge, Bellevue,

FLORIDA-F. H. Lytle, Stanton; A. N. Morton, Istachita; W. R. Shields, Bristol.
GEORGIA-William Phillips, Marietta; W. D. Hawkins, Flowery Branch; H. S. White,
Sylvania.

IDAHO Johannes Hansen, Southwick.

ILLINOIS-J. A. Hopp, Chicago; J. H. Ferriss, Joliet; J. S. Felter, Springfield.
INDIANA-A. G. Burkhart, Tipton; T. S. East, Anderson; N. H. Motsinger, Pendleton,
IOWA-L. H. Weller, Nashua; L. M. Morse, Ottumwa; A. W. Richer, Lone Tree.
KANSAS V. B. Kennedy, Ft. Scott; J. F. Willits, McLouth; R. M. Chenault, Ft. Scott.
KENTUCKY-W. B. Bridgeford, Frankfort; A. H. Cardin, View; J. G. Blair, Carlisle.
MAINE-L. W. Smith, Vinalhaven.

MARYLAND-Frank H. Jones, Baltimore.

MICHIGAN John O. Zabel, Petersburg; James E. McBride, Grand Rapids; J. H.
Harris, Saginaw,

MINNESOTA-P. H. Rahilly, Lake City; H. R. Fay, Minneapolis; J. C. Arntzen,
Wegdahl.

MISSISSIPPI-F. Burkitt, Okolona; T. L. McGehee, Summit; R. K. Prewitt, Ackerman.
MISSOURI-Paul Dixon, Chillicothe; W. F. Haughawait, Carthage; W. O. Atkeson,
Butler,

MONTANA-D. W. Thompson, Sheridan.

NEBRASKA-L. V. Guye, Omaha; G. W. Brewster, Lincoln; J. A. Boyce, Nebraska City.
NEVADA J. B. McCullough, Reno; N. Richards, Reno; H. P. Beck, Virginia City.
NEW-JERSEY-E. A. Wallace, South Orange; Frank S. Newcomb, Vineland; F. B.
Richman, Camden.

NEW-YORK-Thomas F. Paradise, Albion.

NORTH CAROLINA-J. P. Sossaman, Charlotte; Percy L. Gardner, Cherryville; V. N.
Seawell, Faison.

NORTH DAKOTA-O. G. Major, Hope; P. B. Anderson, Manfred; C. Foss, Honeyford.
OHIO R. C. McCammon, Biddle; Otto Huber, New-Richmond; R. H. H. Wheeler,
Cincinnati.

OKLAHOMA-J. S. Allan, Norman; F. M. Long, Kingfisher; E. E. McCollister, Mangum.
OREGON-S. H. Holt, Ashland; J. L. Hill, Albany; John C. Luce, John Day.
PENNSYLVANIA-R. A. Thompson, Indiana; George W. Dawson, Beaver; William C.
Deakin, Susquehanna.

SOUTH DAKOTA-E. J. Tracy, Sioux Falls.

TENNESSEE-S. S. Bond, Jackson; T. B. Reese, Nashville; R. M. Tankesley, Chatta

nooga.

TEXAS-J. L. Mooney, Slayden; James W. Baird, Paris; J. M. Mallett, Clebourne.
UTAH-S. H. B. Smith, Salt Lake City.

VERMONT-H. J. Munson, South Burlington.

VIRGINIA-B. B. Keene, Sterling; T. W. Evans, Concord; W. H. Tinsley, Salem.
WASHINGTON-F. W. D. Mays, Pomeroy.

WEST VIRGINIA-H. A. Altizer, Arnoldsburg; H. T. Houston, Alderson; J. W.
Schull, Pleasant Dale.

WISCONSIN-George A. Wise, Beaver Dam.

WYOMING-W. Brown, Big Horn; H. Breitenstein, Laramie; J. Van Meter, Sundance.

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INDIAN TERRITORY-A. B. Weakley, Comanche; J. A. Watson, Duncan; M. J. Kelly, Bokchito.

SOCIALIST LABOR.

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-Eber Forbes, Julius Hammer, Peter Fiebiger, John T. Keveney, Adolph Klein, August Gillhaus and Rudolph Katz, The officers of the committee are: Julius Hammer, recording secretary; Eber Forbes, treasurer; national secretary (not a member of the committee), Henry Kuhn, Nos. 2 to 6 New-Reade-st., New-York City.

SOCIALIST PARTY.

Headquarters, Room 427, Emilie Building, St. Louis, Mo. Leon Greenbaum, national secretary. Members of national committee: W. H. Baird, G. A. Hoehn, M. Ballard Dunn, E. Val Putnam, L. E. Hildebrand, all of St. Louis and constituting the "local quorum"; other members of the committee to be elected, one from each organized State.

PROHIBITION.

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-Oliver W. Stewart, Chicago, chairman; Samuel Dickie, Albion, Mich., vice-chairman; James A. Tate, Dyer, Tenn., secretary; S. D. Hastings, Green Bay, Wis., treasurer; A. A. Stevens, Tyrone, Penn.; T. R. Carskadon, Keyser, W. Va.; H. F. Faris, Clinton, Mo.

MEMBERS NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

Arkansas-Mrs. Bernie Babcock, Little Rock.
California-Gabrella T. Stickney, Los Angeles.

Colorado-J. N. Scouller, Denver; Mrs. M. E. Craise, Denver.

Connecticut-F. G. Platt, New-Britain; Charles E. Steele, New-Britain.
Delaware-Ashton R. Tatum, Wilmington; George W. Todd, Wilmington.
Idaho-H. A. Lee, Weiser; E. B. Sutton, Boise.

Illinois-Oliver W. Stewart, Chicago; Hale Johnson, Newton.

Indiana-Charles Eckhart, Auburn; F. T. McWhirter, Indianapolis.
Iowa-Malcolm Smith, Cedar Rapids; the Rev. W. L Ferris, Cherokee.
Kansas T. D. Talmadge, Hutchinson; J. B. Garton, Clayton.

Kentucky Frances E. Beauchamp, Lexington; T. B. Demaree, Union Mills.
Maine-N. F. Woodbury, Auburn; C. H. Clary, Hollowell.

Maryland-Joshua Levering, Baltimore; Levin S. Melson, Bishopville.
Massachusetts-Frank M. Forbush, Newton; Herbert S. Morley, Baldwinville.
Michigan-Fred E. Britten, Detroit; Dr. Samuel Dickie, Albion,
Minnesota-W. J. Dean, Minneapolis; J. F. Heiberg, Heiberg.
Missouri-H. P. Faris, Clinton; Charles E. Stokes, Mexico.
Montana-Thomas P. Street, Missoula; E. M. Gardner, Bozeman.
Nebraska-A. G. Wolfenbarger, Lincoln; L. G. Parker, Crab Orchard.
New-Hampshire-H. O. Jackson, Littleton; L. F. Richardson, Petersboro.
New-Jersey-William H. Nicholson, Haddonfield; Joel G. Van Cise, Summit.
New-York-William T. Wardwell, New-York City; Francis E. Baldwin, Elmira.
North Carolina-Thomas P. Johnston, Salisbury; Edwin Shaver, Salisbury.
North Dakota-M. H. Kiff, Tower City; J. Y. Easterbrook, Jamestown.
Ohio John Danner, Canton; Robert J. Candy, Columbus.
Oregon-W. P. Elmore, Brownsville; E. O. Miller, Portland.
Pennsylvania-A. A. Stevens, Tyrone; Charles R. Jones, Philadelphia.
Rhode Island-Henry B. Metcalf, Pawtucket; Smith Quimby, Hill's Grove.
South Dakota-H. H. Curtis, Castlewood; F. J. Carlisle, Brookings.
Tennessee-James A. Tate, Dyer; Colonel R. S. Cheves, Unicoi.
Texas-D. H. Hancock, Farmersville; the Rev. J. G. Adams, Fort Worth.
Utah-Jacob S. Boreman, Ogden; C. D. Savery, Salt Lake City.
Vermont-C W. Wyman, Brattleboro; H. T. Comins, East Berkshire.
Virginia-W. T. Bundick, Onancock; James W. Bodley, Staunton.
Washington-E. S. Smith, Seattle; Reyer S. Greene, Seattle..

West Virginia-Thomas R. Carskadon, Keyser; U. A. Clayton, Fairmount.
Wisconsin-Samuel D. Hastings, Green Bay; Ole B. Olson, Eau Claire.

UNITED CHRISTIAN.

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE William R. Benkert, chairman, Davenport, Iowa; the Rev. C. H. Thomas, vice-chairman, Chicago; D. H. Martin, secretary, Pittsburg; William Whitehead, assistant secretary, Aurora, Ill.; J. F. R. Leonard, treasurer, Ainsworth, Iowa; Ralph Canerly, Moline, Ill.; the Rev. John Cordingly, Chicago, Ill.

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.

Organized, Chickering Hall, New-York City, December 17, 1887. Headquarters, Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, President, Isaac Miller Hamilton, Marquette Building, Chicago; vice-president-at-large, L. W. Mott, Oswego, N. Y.; secretary, D. H. Stine, Newport, Ky. (P. O. address, Auditorium Hotel, Chicago); treasurer, John R. Wiggins, No. 1,213 Filbert-st., Philadelphia. The League is composed of the Republican clubs organized in the several States and united in a National organization. Its objects are organization and education; to enlist recruits for the Republican party, particularly the young men and the "first voters," and to promote the interests of the Republican party, its principles and candidates. Next National convention, June, 1902.

State.

Alabama.
Arkansas.

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Colorado..

Connecticut.
Delaware.

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.-(Continued).

Member Executive Committee.

F. R. Davis, Huntsville..
A. S. Fowler, Little Rock..
L. J. C. Spruance, Covina.
Greely W. Whitford, Denver..
James A. Hawarth, New-Haven.
F. H. Hoffecker, Wilmington..
Saunders, Washington.
Walter, Jacksonville.
H. A. Rucker, Atlanta..
James R. Howe, Galesburg.
Floyd A. Woods, Indianapolis.
James H. Wallis, Paris..

Dist. of Columbia. L. M.

Florida.

Georgia.

Illinois.

Indiana.

Idaho.

Philip

Indian Territory.. William Nobel, South McAlester.

Iowa...
Kansas.

Kentucky..

Louisiana.

Maine..

Maryland..

Massachusetts.

David Brandt, Clinton..
B. E. Sheffield, Atchison.
F. A. Stine, jr., Newport.
S. F. Heaslip, New-Orleans.
J. H. Manley, Augusta.
Leander Foreman, Govanstown.
J. Hy. Gould, Boston.
Hiram Lloyd, St. Louis.
Ely C. Roberts, Lapeer...
Frederick B. Wright, Minneapolis
Jacob IIolberg, Meridian.
C. J. Walsh, Anaconda..
C. E. Winters. Omaha...
10. H. Grey, Carson City.
New-Hampshire.. 9. S. Jewett, Laconia..

Missouri..

Michigan.
Minnesota.
Mississippi.

Montana..

Nebraska.

Nevada..

New-Jersey..
New-Mexico..
New-York..
North Carolina.
North Dakota.
Ohio..
Oklahoma.
Oregon..
Pennsylvania..
Rhode Island.
South Carolina.
South Dakota.
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F. F. Meyer, jr., Newark.
B. M. Reed, Santa Fe..
John W. Totten, New-York City.
Warren V. Hall, Charlotte..
Grant S. Hager, St. Thomas
N. P. Ramsey, Dayton.

C. H. Thompson, Guthrie..
W. H. Moore, Moro..
A. J. Edwards, Pittsburg.
H. C. Tiepke, Pawtucket..
Abial Lathrop, Orangeburg.
R. J. Woods, Sioux Falls..
W. M. Morrison, Madisonville.
W. T. Fisher, Waterford..
Hoyt Sherman, Salt Lake City..
Charles S. Forbes, St. Albans.
George E. Bowden, Norfolk...
Ira Engelhart, North Yakima..
Ira E. Robinson, Grafton.
Major Mefferts, Arena..
A. D. Kelly, Cheyenne.

State League presidents.
A. G. Nagley, Florence.
Sidney B. Redding, Little Rock.
Alden Anderson, Suisun.
L. H. Richardson, Denver.
Stiles Judson, Bridgeport.
Samuel M. Knox, Wilmington.
John C. Chaney, Washington,
H. S. Chubb, Jacksonville.
J. F. Hanson, Macon.
J. W. Parker, Watertown.
N. W. Gilbert, Angola.
Joseph Pinkham, Boise.
H. T. Estes, Muskogee.
F. R. Conoway, Des Moines.
C. H. Titus, Topeka.

W. R. Ramsey, London.
W. H. Williams, New-Orleans.
E. C. Reynolds, Portland.
Charles R. Schirm, Baltimore.
J. Hy. Gould, Boston.
Charles E. Gallencamp, Union.
H. H. Smith, Ionia.
William Windham, Duluth,
G. E. Mathews, Jackson.
T. J. Porter, Miles City.
Ernest M. Pollard, Newkawka.
O. H. Grey, Carson City.
Vacant.

F. F. Meyer, jr., Newark.
A. L. Morrison, Santa Fe.
Frederick Easton, Albany.
Warren V. Hall, Charlotte.
John Knauf, Jamestown.
D. Q. Morrow, Hillsboro.
D. D. Leach, Oklahoma City.
J. M. Church, La Grande.

J. Hampton Moore, Philadelphia.
H. C. Tiepke, Pawtucket.
William Cecil Cohen, Charleston.
W. G. Porter, Sioux Falls.
W. F. Poston, Alama.

H. F. McGregor, Houston.
John Hy. Smith, Salt Lake City.
Charles H. Stearnes, Johnson.
Frederick Reed, Newport News.
Samuel H. Nichols, Everett.
J. C. Parkinson, Moundsville.
Vacant.

Fennimore Chatterton, Cheyenne.

Fred. B. Whitney, Waukegan, Ill Arnold B. Davis, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Robert Shingle, Honolulu...

Vacant.

J. S. Clarkson, New

ADVISORY MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE York; John M. Thurston, Washington; W. W. Tracy, Chicago; General E. A. McAlpin, Ossining. N. Y.; D. D. Woodmansee, Cincinnati; L. J. Crawford, Newport, Ky.; George Stone, San Francisco: A. B. Humphrey, New-York; M. J. Dowling, Renville, Minn.

NATIONAL SOUND MONEY LEAGUE.

President, John K. Cowen, Baltimore; treasurer and general secretary, A. B. Hepburn, vice-president Chase National Bank, No. 83 Cedar-st., New-York City. Executive Committee-George Foster Peabody, New-York, chairman; M. E. Ingalls, Cincinnati; J. Kennedy Tod, New-York; H. P. Robinson, Chicago; John B. Jackson, Pittsburg; J. K. Cowen, Baltimore; James L. Blair, St. Louis. Vice-presidents-R. H. Clarke, Mobile, Ala.; Morris M. Cohn, Little Rock, Ark.; Donald Y. Campbell, San Francisco; Platt Rogers, Denver, Col.; N. G. Osborn, New-Haven, Conn.; H. A. Du Pont, Winterthur, near Montchanin, Del.; Henry G. Turner, Quitman, Ga.; John V. Farwell, jr., Chicago; Lucius B. Swift, Indianapolis; W. W. Witmer, Des Moines, Iowa; E. N. Morrill, Hiawatha, Kan.; J. C. Morris, New-Orleans; Charles F. Libby, Portland, Me.; Henry A. Parr, Baltimore; Edward Atkinson, Boston; Edwin F. Conely, Detroit; Thomas Wilson, St. Paul; Addison Croft, Holly Springs, Miss.; James L Blair, St. Louis; Wilbur F. Sanders, Helena, Mont.; J. Sterling Morton, Nebraska City, Neb.; F. C. Faulkner, Keene, N. H.; John Kean, Elizabeth, N. J. William C. Cornwell, Buffalo, N. Y.; William A. Blair, Winston, N. C.; J. M. Devine, La Moure, N. D.; Virgil P. Kline, Cleveland; A. J. Seay, Kingfisher, Okla.; M. C. George, Portland, Ore.; John B. Jackson, Pittsburg; William B. Weeden, Providence; George B. Edwards, Charleston, S. C.; Joseph F. Campbell, Galveston, Tex.; C. W. Woodhouse, Burlington, Vt.; W. L. Royall, Richmond, Va.; L. S. Howlett, North Yakima, Wash.; A. Caldwell, Wheeling, W. Va.; F. G. Bigelow, Milwaukee; J. M. Carey, Cheyenne, Wyo.

POLITICAL STATE PLATFORMS.

ALABAMA.

April 19, 1900.-The National Administration was approved, and a resolution of confidence in the management by William Vaughan of the affairs of the Republican. Republican State Executive Committee was adopted. The question of the selection of a State ticket was left to the next State

Executive Committee.

April 26, 1900.-The platform advocates commercial expansion and the extension of trade by freeing it from all burdens. The construction of the Nicaragua Canal is urged and Senator Morgan's position on that question indorsed. Democratic. The treatment of the Porto Rican situation by Congress is denounced. Trade competition is declared as necessary and combines and trusts are scored. The platform demands the supervision and curbing of combines, and designates as the chief of these the protective tariff of the Republican party. W. J. Bryan is indorsed and his renomination demanded. The reaffirmation of the Chicago platform is demanded and public education is promised the people of Alabama, A resolution was passed by the convention recommending a constitutional convention. May 30, 1900.-The dispensary system of handling the liquor traffic was declared an improvement over the license system, the proposed constitutional Populist. convention was declared inimical to the interests of the people, the administration of Governor Johnston was commended, and it was declared inexpedient to nominate a State ticket, although county tickets, especially for candidates for the Legislature, were urged.

ALASKA (District).

May 15, 1900.-The convention passed a resolution condemning Governor Brady, as follows: "Be it resolved by the Republicans of the District of Alaska, in convention assembled, that the further continuance in office of John G. Brady as Republican. Governor of Alaska is inimical to the interests of Alaska and contrary to the wishes of the Republican party, and that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States." The convention indorsed President McKinley's Administration: demanded that the territorial form of government be extended to Alaska; declared for the removal of the capital from Sitka to Juneau; asked the Government that a direct cable from Alaska to Puget Sound be laid, and demanded that lighthouses be erected in Alaskan waters forthwith.

ARIZONA.

June 8, 1900.-The Territorial convention expressed satisfaction with Democratic principles, instructed its delegates to vote for Bryan, and adopted a money plank as follows: "We favor the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited Democratic. coinage of gold and silver at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, as such coinage existed prior to 1873, without waiting for the aid or the consent of any other silver nation. We are opposed to the retirement of the greenbacks, and demand that the Secretary of the Treasury, instead of issuing interest bearing bonds for the purchase of gold, shall recognize silver as the money of redemption, and exercise the right to redeem greenbacks, Treasury bonds and all other coin obligations in silver where silver is more convenient."

ARKANSAS.

March 21, 1900.-The platform indorsed the Administration, favored expansion, the protection of labor, Government construction and ownership of the Nicaragua Canal, and extension of the merchant marine, and declared opposition to Republican, trusts and laws designed to cheat honest voters and enable a corrupt minority to govern.

July 7.-The nominees and platform of the Philadelphia Convention were indorsed and the National policy commended. On State matters the platform said: "We favor railroads, the prolific mother of all forms of State development; manufactories, the greatest source of wealth to a State; the improvement of highways, the encouragement of capital to invest in our zinc and other mines; a high degree of efficiency for our public school system, and such generous maintenance of the University of Arkansas as shall place it on a plane with the best institutions in the land. We demand that the courts alone shall punish crime. We oppose convict labor when brought into competition with the labor of honest freemen in such a manner as to lessen the demand for such labor or so as to curtail its reward. The constitution of the State should be so amended as to permit, under safe restrictions, eities and incorporated towns to borrow money for the exclusive purpose of improving streets, securing sewers, water, light and such like necessities. We favor the determination of all questions that may arise between employers and employes by a system of impartial arbitration to be provided by law and to be compulsory."

June 27, 1900.-The platform reaffirms the Chicago declaration of 1896, favors strict

observance of the Monroe Doctrine, declares for Government construction and owner

Democratic.

ship of the Nicaraguan Canal, denounces trusts, condemns the "death dealing policy of the Republican Administration in the Philippines," insists upon giving freedom to Cuba and demands the same rights for the Philippines and National legislation against trusts.

CALIFORNIA.

May 15, 1900.-"The Republican party of the State of California, by its representatives, pledges itself anew to those principles of domestic and foreign policy which, under a wise administration of public affairs, have brought us prosperity Republican. at home and honor abroad. We declare our continued adherence to the policy by which the Republican party has proved itself, ia fact as in theory, the friend of labor, and urder which our manufactures not only control the home market, but are taking first rank in foreign markets throughout the world. We are in favor of the construction of the Nicaragua Canal under Government control and ownership. We fully appreciate the menace to this country and especially to the Pacific Coast from the continually increasing influx of Asiatic labor and we call upon Congress by appropriate legislation to protect us from this impending danger."

September 6, 1900.-The Philadelphia platform was indorsed, loyal support was pledged to McKinley and Roosevelt, Governor Gage's course was commended, and the Nicaragua Canal project favored. Other planks were: "We favor the conservation of all available waters for the reclamation and irrigation of arid lands, and liberal appropriations by Congress for that purpose, supplemented by the co-operation of the States directly interested. Such policy to be initiated by the collaboration of the Federal and State governments in a thorough investigation of our water supply and the best methods of utilizing the same. We indorse the action that has been taken to secure as a permanent possession for the whole people the great forests situated in our mountain ranges, and earnestly recommend that our Senators and Representatives in Congress support by their votes and influence the establishment of National reservations, in order that these forests may be saved from destruction and our water supply preserved. We demand the prevention of the importation of cheap alier labor, the continuance and re-enactment of the present Chinese exclusion laws and appropriate legislation prohibiting the immigration of Japanese and other contract laborers. We favor the adoption of the proposed constitutional amendment providing for the regulation of primary elections and the enactment of such laws as will make it effective and insure fair primaries. We favor appropriate legislation for the permanent improvement of our roads and highways. We fully recognize the importance of the great work that the State University is doing toward the intellectual and industrial development of the State. We recognize also that the demands upon it in both these directions have so outgrown its income as to seriously threaten its usefulness. We therefore pledge our party to an increase of the revenues of the State University through the coming Legislature sufficient to maintain its efficiency."

September 29, 1900.-The National ticket and platform were indorsed, and on State matters the platform favored legislation providing for the preservation within National or Stat perks of the redwood forests, and the revival of hydraulic Democratic. mining wherever it can be permitted without injury to other interests. The building of impounding works on the Yuba and other rivers was approved, and the adoption of a broad National policy for the construction of storage reservoirs for the free use of the people was urged. A constitutional amendment abolishing the poll tax was favored, and the election of railroad commissioners and members of the State Board of Equalization by vote of the people was demanded. Other planks were: "The growing commerce of our State requires the early completion of the sea wall and Belt Line Railroad on the harbor front of San Francisco and the abolition of all State tolls and a material reduction of all other port charges. We denounce the action of the present Republican National Administration in refusing a right of way to the State for the construction of the Tioga road through the Yosemite National Park We favor appropriate legislation for the permanent improvement of our roads and highways. We favor reforms in the law relating to the settlement of estates of decedents to lessen the expense of administration thereof."

COLORADO.

May 10, 1900.-Resolutions were adopted which unqualifiedly indorsed President McKinley and his Administration, which was credited with bringing prosperity. They commended the policy pursued in the Philippines and Porto Rico, and Republican. expressed the hope that President McKinley would be unanimously renominated. They declared opposition to trusts, while inviting capital to the State. The resolutions also said: "We commend in terms of unqualified praise the attitude of our junior Senator, Edward O. Wolcott, upon all questions affecting the commercial, industrial and financial welfare of our country. Our confidence in him has never been betrayed, and we uphold and sustain him in his every official act." No further mention was made of the financial question.

September 18, 1900.-"The Republican party of Colorado, in convention assembled, renews its allegiance to the National organization, indorses the foreign and domestic policies of our President, William McKinley, and asserts that in point of wisdom, foresight and patriotic devotion to the interests of the people his Administration is unsur

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